Pangaea Ultima

Titled after the supercontinent that geologists have predicted will form some 250 million years hence, Steve Moore's first album for John Elliott's Spectrum Spools imprint isn't shy about its grand ambitions. Taking cues from Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream, he dials up gleaming synthesizers and spinning arpeggios that resonate like the music of the spheres. Faint, 4/4 pulses flash back to the chillout rooms of the '90s, but the overall impression is of techno-futurism at its most timeless.